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to set or cause to be at an angle
carefully canted the ladder against the wall
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Recent Examples of canting
Bill Springer, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Adjective
To achieve her extremely light displacement, the ClubSwan125 has a deep canting keel to reduce weight and increase righting moment.
—Bill Springer, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canting
Adjective
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Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the old days, when Muslims had a great civilization, their smart and pious people also got paid for being smart and pious.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Its tilting head allows easier access to the stainless steel bowl while whipping up your favorite recipe, and the 10 speeds can handle even the stickiest of doughs.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2026
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Trump himself appointed three of the sitting nine justices during his first term, tilting the court to the right for a generation.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The United States went to war in 2001 and 2003 with a very moralistic, very crusading view of war, a very black-and-white view that there were good guys and bad guys, and America would wield the swift sword of justice.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
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To rebuild a consensus, politicians must thus appeal to these swing voters by eschewing moralistic and globalist rhetoric.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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Hiking Falling Waters State Park features three short nature trails that wind through dense forests, past 100-foot-deep sinkholes, and over gently sloping terrain unique to North Florida.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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The cars were situated on a little plateau, almost a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by downward sloping terrain.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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Lists are no substitute for criticism, but those who take them as inimical to criticism are pharisaical.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2022
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David and Samuel explore the U.S. energy sector and evaluate what the future holds in an ESG landscape that has done its very best to bring economic incoherence to its pharisaical agenda.—
Andrew Stuttaford,
National Review,
16 Jan. 2022
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Rice’s membership on the Netflix Board of Directors is just one way in which the company demonstrates a left-leaning bent.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Feb. 2026
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On Sunday, when the Rangers began their game against Colorado, there was Freeman leaning over the rail in the dugout, animated and engaging with minor leaguers Cam Cauley and Trevor Hauver.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Former Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon called it hypocritical.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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That struck him as hypocritical when about a year later, while incarcerated against his will, the same military demanded his willingness to serve, likely in the segregated unit of Japanese American soldiers called the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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The spiral of events that follow ups the pathos while quietly commenting on rigid patriarchal rules, male privilege, sanctimonious moral posturing, the denial of women’s bodily autonomy and contempt for otherness, things all still very much with us today.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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There’s nothing sanctimonious about insisting on civil rights for transgender people nor about fighting for racial justice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Canting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canting. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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